# untern vs Unterton

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### untern
*abbrev · IPA [ˈʊntɐn] · frequency rank #38,474*
unter den

### Unterton
*noun · IPA [ˈʊntɐˌtoːn] · frequency rank #35,511*
unterschwellige Bedeutung einer Aussage

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/untern-vs-unterton